Gillette shows plans for Huge Boston Project

P&G Gillette image of Boston project

Edited from a New England Council report

P&G Gillette, has revealed plans for redeveloping its 31-acre Gillette campus in South Boston along the southern edge of the Fort Point Channel.

The 5.7 million-square-foot overhaul will include 1,800 housing units across nine buildings, 3.5 million square feet of office and laboratory space, 200,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, 250,000 square feet for hotel space, and a 6.5-acre public park along the channel.

The new plans come with the company’s program to revamp its two Massachusetts sites, as it relocates its manufacturing out of South Boston to prepare for the 20-building redevelopment. The bulk of the company’s manufacturing will shift to Gilette’s other local property, in Andover, Mass.

The plan awaits feedback from the Boston Planning Department. The entire project could take a decade or more to be completed.

“‘We’ve long been proud of our heritage here in Massachusetts. We’re excited about the legacy we could leave behind through this plan,’ said Kara Buckley, vice president of community affairs at Gillette.